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Monthly Archives: May 2008
MSDS Sheets: A Resource Guide
As an office supply dealer we get a number of request for MSDS sheets and we are always happy to help a customer with this need. I have added some great resources that we use on a daily basis to help service our customers, and some information regarding what an MSDS sheet is all about. I really hope that these resources will help our Smart Office readers. Continue reading
Posted in Government Purchasing, Helpful Hints, Office/Business Resources
Tagged MSDS, MSDS Sheets, Writing MSDS Sheets
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The Label Maker: An Essential Time Saver
The label maker has been around for a long time, but its use in an office environment is as important today as it ever has been. While label makers do not always make for the most attractive labels, they are efficient and they get the job done. Today’s label makers offer a wide variety of options beyond the ones of yesterday, as well. There are label makers you can purchase to change the fonts, change the colors, and type on like a keyboard, making them even more convenient and helpful. Continue reading
How to Create a New Paper Filing System
There has been much written and said in the media lately about this country becoming a paperless culture. We take this to be the truth, simply because it’s hammered into our heads day after day. But what if we actually slow down and examine this? Continue reading
Posted in Efficiency & Organization, How-To Guides
Tagged file cabinets, Filing Systems, organization
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Appointment Juggling: Planners & Calendars are Critical
A collection of helpful hints for using Planners and Calendars to organize your appointments and keep you from falling behind. Continue reading
Four Tenets of Office Management
When it comes to office management, there are some standards and practices you should always adhere to, regardless of your company’s specific product chain or your service industry. These tenets will help you to have a more successful office atmosphere, and keep your company on track for success in both the financial and human areas. One may be just as important as the other, because one naturally feeds into the other. You’ve of course heard the old saying about sharing the wealth. Continue reading
Posted in Effective Management, Helpful Hints
Tagged communication, company culture, management
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How-To: Keep Your Inbox from Taking Over Your Life
The computer age is great. Tasks that used to take days now take seconds, information is always there at the touch of a button, and businesses can extend their realm of marketability beyond their local walls and into the annals of cyberspace. With all of these positives, though, it must be said that there are some negatives that come with it.
If you are an office manager, you may consider email to be one of those negatives. Perhaps you treat going to your inbox as if it were a life sentence. How many spam messages will I get today, you think with a sigh. Then there is the matter of simply sorting through the good ones. Which ones demand your immediate attention and which ones can be ignored until later? Which ones are just the latest forward from one of your coworkers? If you are finding that you are spending too much of every day sifting through your email, this article is for you. We’ve devised a simple set of ways for you to get your inbox organized and turn your email back into a positive. Continue reading
Posted in Efficiency & Organization, Helpful Hints, How-To Guides
Tagged organization, Quick time saving tips
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Making Your Database Work for You
For reasons unkown, decades after this information has been possible to collate by computer, many offices refuse to make use of a simple databases to effectively manage their business. Perhaps you are one of these people. Maybe you see other companies figure out complicated results from surveys they take, from sales promotions they did, and you’re not quite sure how they did it. Maybe you think it was through some superior technology that you do not have access to. But nothing could be further from the truth. Continue reading
Reining In the Overpaid & Underperforming CEO
Corporate governance expert Nell Minow explains the relationship between outlandish severance packages and the risky financial instruments linked to subprime mortgages. Continue reading
Posted in Effective Management
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Three Simple Steps to Maximize Productivity
Running an office or a business means turning your office systems into a well oiled machine. To do otherwise means to lose productivity and thus lose money along the way. As running a business these days means taking every shortcut and advantage that comes along, you cannot afford to be behind the times in any aspect of your management strategy. Continue reading
The Four Greatest Applications of Virtual Technology
The modern world has given us a variety of tools to use in both our everyday life and our business life. It seems like every day brings us a new application or piece of technology we can put to work for us. Some of it sounds too good to be true, but it is amazing how many things are possible today, and how many more things will be possible tomorrow. Continue reading